American Engineering Council: A new plan for federal projects

A plan framed by the nation´s engineers to stabilize employment and industry through the advance planning of Federal projects involving public roads, rivers and harbors, and public buildings was presented by Lawrence W. Wallace of Washington, executive secretary of the American Engineering Council to the semi-annual meeting of the Academy of Political Science, held at the Hotel Astor, Friday, April 8. Huge sums can be saved, Mr. Wallace declared, by the establishment of a Department of Public Works and Domain to replace the present Department of the Interior, the structure of which he called outworn.